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Brian Haugabrook Named Chief Information Officer
"The word 'can't' does not exist in Brian's vocabulary," said McKinney. "He is an innovative leader who, in partnerships across campus, is demonstrating the full potential of information technology. His leadership in the use of business intelligence is indisputable, and VSU is fortunate to have Brian as a member of our leadership."
Haugabrook joined VSU in 2004 and has advanced within Information Technology as programmer, systems analyst, director of data warehouse, and interim CIO since 2013.
As CIO, Haugabrook will continue to provide leadership within information technology infrastructure, services, and administrative information systems across the university.
"I am excited to be part of the VSU community. Innovations in technology continue to reshape our lives and how we learn," said Haugabrook. "The Division of Information Technology at VSU has great staff, students, and future leaders. IT has proven its ability to perform on a national level in all areas of technology."
Haugabrook stated that he is proud of the regional, state, and national recognitions the IT staff has received for innovative technology initiatives and accomplishments associated with higher education.
"We will continue to expand our services and resources to support the strategic goals and mission of VSU," said Haugabrook. "My goal for the future is to have a global impact and change the world by working hard, being creative, thinking innovatively, and helping others reach their greatest potential."
While at VSU, Haugabrook has helped develop the university's first financial analytics reporting system, secured more than $500,000 in software to expand information technology solutions to support student engagement, and developed the university's nationally recognized data warehouse.
Haugabrook was recently featured in the online publication ComputerWorld for his work in designing and implementing VSU's data warehouse. As part of the Complete College Georgia initiative, the data warehouse is a system that provides faculty with real-time data on students who are at risk or not progressing academically. Within the first two years of implementation, VSU has documented an overall 2 to 3 percent increase in retention rates, and within the faculty who are measured using the system frequently the retention rate jumped to 4 percent within one year.
This year, Haugabrook was selected to participate in the University System of Georgia's Executive Leadership Institute, which works to enhance leadership skills of USG faculty and administrators.
Before arriving at VSU, Haugabrook worked for State Farm as developer and automation specialist. He was responsible for directing business workflows utilizing new technologies for all employees within State Farm Corporate Law division throughout Georgia.
Haugabrook earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science and a Master of Public Administration, both from Valdosta State University.
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Any company that has been on the receiving end of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' fervent advocacy understands the consumer-safety organization's power to ignite change.
Ask Johnson & Johnson, which reformulated its baby products in 2011 after aggressive efforts from the Campaign. Or OPI, the nail polish powerhouse that agreed to take DPI out of its products in 2006 (and today is proud to be DBP, toluene and formaldehyde free). And for its latest advocacy efforts, the Campaign has introduced an initiative to get Walgreens to clean up its products, likely the first of many retailer-focused initiatives.
"We plan to continue to focus on retailers because that's where real change can happen in the marketplace," said Janet Nudelman, director of program and policy for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. "Retailers take action when there are consumers asking for safe products and manufacturers making them."
In some cases, the process is contentious and grueling, taking years for chemicals to exit products; in others, it is swift and seemingly simple, transpiring within a matter of months. But one thing seems constant: when the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics targets you, it's nearly impossible to avoid public scrutiny. Therefore, reformulation becomes more than an ethical move; it's a strategic business investment.
The same patterns will likely hold true for retailers, the most recent targets of the Campaign's efforts. Back in December 2012, the Campaign released its report Retailer Therapy, which examined how some of the largest retailers rank when it comes to the safety of personal care products on their shelves.
Going public with private label safety
In November of last year, newhope360 reported on Walgreens' launch of "nontoxic" private label line, Ology. Even in the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' Retailer Therapy report, Walgreens was ranked middle of eight retailers, receiving "4 kisses" out of 10 for its efforts to introduce safer alternatives.
So why set an example with this retailer, one that seems to be taking positive steps?
"The announcement of Walgreens Ology line felt particularly egregious and disingenuous to us given the fact that they were celebrating the creation of their new 'safe' line, while simultaneously selling private label baby products containing a chemical linked to cancer," said Nudelman.
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' hope is that retailers will start the transition into offering safer personal care products first by cleaning up their private label brand or brands—to lead by example.
"We are asking retailers to start with their private label brands because it would be hypocritical of them to ask the national brands they carry to clean up their cosmetic products if their own brands aren't safe."


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How to Get Permits for Your Home Improvement Project
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Getting a building or planning permit through a municipality is often time consuming and costly. Here are some helpful tips to get you through the process quickly and at a low cost.
Initial consultation
A lot of people start by talking to an architect or a designer without understanding their options. These professionals will charge you for information that the city or county can tell you for free.
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AdvertisementGo to your governing municipality's planning office, tell them what you're thinking about doing and ask what your options are. Bring an aerial photograph of your property (Google maps) and sketches of your existing house and what you'd like to do. Take measurements of all of your rooms, the perimeter of your house and your structures and measure from your structures to your property lines (typically your fence line).
If your project is feasible, ask about the process. They will tell you either no permit is required or that a building permit is required and possibly planning permits such as a zoning clearance, design review, minor use or conditional use permits. Every municipality is different, so make sure to ask about the submittal requirements, review and processing times, cost and helpful tips to get you through the process quickly.
Many municipalities charge a flat fee for a combination plumbing, electrical and mechanical permit. To save on permit costs, it's usually best to have one building permit for all of your improvements. Most permits don't expire for six months and are renewed automatically with each inspection, so you'll have time to get to everything.
Before you get a permit
Before you consider getting a permit for your home improvement project, be sure to obtain all of your existing permit records for the property. As part of the permit process for your new project, you may be required to obtain permits for any existing unpermitted improvements on your property. Permitting after construction is often much more costly and complicated.
To obtain records, contact your municipality's planning or building department and ask for copies of all planning and building permits. Additionally, visit the county assessor's office for the construction records on the property. The assessor's construction records are often more up to date than the records from your local municipality.
Choosing your designer
If you're required to do plans, you'll need an architect or designer. A municipality may require an architect for your plan submittal. Architects are licensed by the state and are usually better overall, but they cost more.
Once you've got a few leads, ask each person what projects they've worked on, how many permits they've obtained and the timeline for each one. Also ask for three references from clients they've worked with and contact them.
Be aware that some architects and designers have a tendency to provide incomplete plans and respond to only a portion of the permit comments provided by officials. This will slow down your process dramatically and will increase your costs because many municipalities are on a deposit system and most designers and architects charge by the hour. If possible, get a price quote for the job with penalties for lengthy processing times. Regardless, get involved with the process, review the plans and the municipality's comments and make sure everything is addressed prior to resubmittals.
While obtaining a permit may be a challenging process, the permit certifies the work is done correctly and helps the resale of your home. Getting involved with the process and ongoing communication with your designer and permit processors will help you get through the process quicker and for less cost. A friendly demeanor goes a long way with public officials. Good luck!
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WASHINGTON – Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don't accurately project their income.
President Obama's new health care law will offer subsidies to help people buy private health insurance on state-based exchanges, if they don't already get coverage through their employers. The subsidies are based on income. The lower your income, the bigger the subsidy.
But the government doesn't know how much money you're going to make next year. And when you apply for the subsidy, this fall, it won't even know how much you're making this year. So, unless you tell the government otherwise, it will rely on the best information it has: your 2012 tax return, filed this spring.
What happens if you or your spouse gets a raise and your family income goes up in 2014? You could end up with a bigger subsidy than you are entitled to. If that happens, the law says you have to pay back at least part of the money when you file your tax return in the spring of 2015.
That could result in smaller tax refunds or surprise tax bills for millions of middle-income families.
"That's scary," says Joan Baird of Springfield, Va. "I had no idea, and I work in health care."
Baird, a health care information management worker, is far from alone. Health care providers, advocates and tax experts say the vast majority of Americans know very little about the new health care law, let alone the kind of detailed information many will need to navigate its system of subsidies and penalties.
"They know it's out there," said Mark Cummings, who manages the H&R Block office where Baird was getting her own taxes done. "But in general, they don't know anything about it."
A draft of the application for insurance asks people to project their 2014 income if their current income is not steady or if they expect it to change. The application runs 15 pages for a three-person family, but nowhere does it warn people that they may have to repay part of the subsidy if their income increases.
"I think this will be the hardest thing for members of the public to understand because it is a novel aspect of this tax credit," said Catherine Livingston, who recently served as health care counsel for the Internal Revenue Service. "I can't think of what else they do in the tax system currently that works that way." Livingston is now a partner in the Washington office of the law firm Jones Day.
There's another wrinkle: The vast majority of taxpayers won't actually receive the subsidies. Instead, the money will be paid directly to insurance companies and consumers will get the benefit in reduced premiums.
Health care providers and advocates for people who don't have insurance are planning public awareness campaigns to teach people about the health care law and its benefits.
Enroll America, a coalition of health care providers and advocates, is planning a multimillion-dollar campaign using social media, paid advertising and grass-roots organizing to encourage people who don't have insurance to sign up for it, said Anne Filipic, a former Obama White House official who is now president of the organization.
The Obama administration says it, too, is working to educate consumers.
"On Oct. 1, each state will have a marketplace up and running where consumers can choose a private health insurance plan that fits their health needs and budget," said Treasury spokeswoman Sabrina Siddiqui. "The premium tax credits will give middle-class Americans unprecedented tax benefits to make the purchase of health insurance affordable for everyone, and we will continue to work with consumers, community health organizations and other stakeholders to raise awareness and understanding of these tax benefits."
The subsidies, which are technically tax credits because they are administered through the tax code, will help low- and middle-income families buy health insurance through the state-based exchanges. Under the new law, nearly every American will be required to have health insurance starting in 2014, or face penalties.
The enrollment season starts Oct. 1.
The subsidies are available to families with incomes up to 400 percent of the poverty level. This year, four times the poverty level is about $62,000 for a two-person family.
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Andrei is a Computer Science graduate of the Politehnica University of Bucharest where he did his thesis work in Biometrics and Image Processing. While starting out his IT-career in the Computer Games industry, he has worked in the Telecom field and also was a senior developer at a specialized firm programming various GSM/UMTS/GPS sub-systems.
He is the author of the MiFare Classic Universal toolKit (MFCUK), the first publicly available (FOSS) card-only key cracking tool for the MiFare Classic RFID card family and is known as the "printer guy" for his "Hacking MFPs" and "Hacking PostScript" series of hacks & talks at various international conferences. Lately he was spotted security-harassing airplanes with ADS-B hacks, though no planes were harmed during the experiments. He is passionate about security in a holistic fashion. Currently Andrei is a PhD candidate with EURECOM in the field of "Software security in embedded systems".


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- Submit your articles for the Carnival of Pen, Pencil, and Paper!
- Pen Habit reviews the Montegrappa Expressione fountain pen.
- An interview with John Twiss of Twiss Pens, at Pens! Papers! Pencils!
- The Clicky Post reviews the Pelikan M205 fountain pen.
- Scribalishess reviews the gorgeous Caran d'Ache Delicate Green fountain pen ink... I need it.
- A magnified drop of seawater, at Colossal.
- Pen and ink city scapes, at Colossal.
- One of my favourite Pilot Iroshizuku ink colours - Tsuki-Yo, reviewed by Ed Jelley.
- A Fool With A Pen reviews Akkerman Hague Brown - a yummy chocolatey brown that looks seriously tempting.
- Bleistift reviews the gorgeous Pelikan M101N Tortoiseshell Brown fountain pen... I love the tortoiseshells...
- Pens! Paper! Pencils! reviews Organics Studio Nickel ink - a teal ink that I myself rather fancy.
- The Pen Addict lists some of the worst pens he's ever reviewed - chime in and add to the list!
- The Unroyal Warrant reviews a pretty stunning Nakaya fountain pen.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Sunday Reads - May 4. 2014
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- RMinNJ said...
oh boy..the John Twiss pens look incredible.. I especially like the look of the ballpoints. Will you be getting any to review ?
- May 4, 2014 at 12:00 PM
- Matthias said...
Thanks for the link 8^)
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The Titans turned the ball over three times in Sunday's 27-13 loss to the Colts in Indianapolis. |
INDIANAPOLIS --The Colts avoided their first 0-16 season thanks to a quarterback who was trying to prevent his second.
Dan Orlovsky, who closed out the NFL's only 0-16 season with Detroit in 2008, threw one touchdown pass and the key block to spring an 80-yard touchdown run Sunday and lead the previously winless Colts to a 27-13 win over playoff hopeful Tennessee.
It was the franchise's first win in 14 years without Peyton Manning, and all it took was 14 tries and three quarterbacks.
Players and coaches celebrated by throwing their arms in the air, and Orlovsky got to close it out by taking the traditional kneel downs for the first time in his NFL career.
"I'm happy for a lot of people on this team, for a lot of people in this organization," Orlovsky said. "It's a lot better than the feeling we've had lately."
Indianapolis (1-13) had been waiting for what seemed like an eternity, 50 weeks, since their previous win, also at home against the Titans.
For Orlovsky, the drought was even longer. The seven-year veteran was 0-9 in his previous NFL starts. He didn't have to do too much Sunday, going 11 of 17 for 82 yards with one touchdown, but he didn't turn the ball over.
And though the numbers looked nothing like Manning's, they were good enough to get a win.
"I think in my career, I've learned not to take them (wins) for granted," Orlovsky said, drawing polite laughter.
Donald Brown added a career-high 161 yards rushing, including a late 80-yard TD run for Indy.
The Colts will need their offense to keep playing like this in the final two games, too, after team vice chairman Bill Polian announced Manning would not be back this season, though he has started throwing to his teammates.
For Tennessee, the loss is a devastating blow.
Had Tennessee (7-7) closed out the season with three wins, it might have been able to reach the postseason without any help. Now the Titans will probably need to win their last two games and get help from some others to make it.
But Tennessee had only itself to blame for this one.
Matt Hasselbeck was 27 of 40 for 223 yards with no TDs and two interceptions before being lifted in favor of rookie Jake Locker. Chris Johnson ran 15 times for 55 yards. The Titans lost a fumble and muffed a kickoff out of bounds at their own 1-yard line.
"I never would have expected us to come out, and they're playing like the team going to the playoffs and we're the team that's 0-13," coach Mike Munchak said. "We just weren't playing well at all. The intensity wasn't there at the start."
Nor was it there at the end.
Locker's 7-yard TD pass to Nate Washington with 3:43 to go, got Tennessee within one score as tense Colts fans began to wonder if this one would slip away, too.
On the Colts' next play, the Titans appeared to have Brown corralled in the backfield. But when Brown reversed field and got away from the defenders. Orlovsky jumped in front of the man closest to him, providing enough of an obstacle to give Brown a wide-open lane on the edge. All Brown had to do was outrun the defense 80 yards to the end zone.
The play tied Tom Matte's record for the franchise's longest run, set Oct. 12, 1964, against St. Louis.
Brown then enjoyed an overdue celebration with Orlovsky in the end zone.
"The O-line did a great job, somebody came free, the running back's job is to make him miss, Dan threw a great block, Reggie threw a great block and I think (Jacob) Tamme was running down there, too," Brown said. "It was just an all-out great effort by the guys on offense."
Sunday's game had a totally different complexion from the first 13.
Indy spent the past nine weeks fighting for a lead, any lead. After playing more than 500 minutes from behind or tied, the Colts finally took the lead on Adam Vinatieri's 47-yard field goal.
The Colts gave it right back just before halftime when Rob Bironas made his second field goal to give the Titans a 6-3 lead. It didn't last long.
Orlovsky hooked up with Reggie Wayne for an 18-yard TD that made it 10-6 early in the third quarter. The Colts never trailed again.
Jacob Lacey, the oft-criticized cornerback, returned an interception 32 yards for a touchdown to give the Colts a 17-6 lead.
On the ensuing kickoff, Marc Mariani tried to field the bouncing ball in the end zone, but kicked it out of bounds inside the Titans 1. That mistake and Brown's 39-yard run, set up Vinatieri for a 40-yard field goal to make it 20-6 with 12:53 to play.
Locker gave the Titans a chance with his TD pass, but Orlovsky and Brown took it away with run that ended Indy's chase of 0-16 and the first 0-14 mark in franchise history.
"It means a lot, but we're a proud ballclub so one game out of 13 or 14, we still have a ways to go," defensive end Robert Mathis said. "Everybody held the fort today. We just kept chopping wood and the tree fell today."
NOTES: Colts running back Delone Carter left in the first half with an undisclosed forearm injury. Carter did not return. ... The Titans failed to sweep Indy for the first time since 2002 and are 0-4 all time at Lucas Oil Stadium. ... Locker was 11 of 16 for 108 yards with one TD after relieving Hasselbeck and Johnson had eight catches for 54 yards. ... Lacey has two career TDs in three NFL seasons.


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Via the Center for Constitutional Rights:
Late yesterday, a federal court judge ruled that the government did not have to disclose whether it was illegally spying on Guantanamo attorneys' conversations. The judge ruled that the National Security Agency (NSA) could not be forced to reveal information about its domestic spying program because, "confirming or denying whether plaintiffs' communication with their clients has been intercepted would reveal information about the NSA's capabilities and activities."
Plaintiffs had argued that the government cannot use the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to shield illegal surveillance of attorneys. In response, the court said that because of the breadth of a statute protecting the NSA's secrecy, "the Court need not address plaintiffs' substantive arguments concerning the TSP's illegality."
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Sen. Arlen Specter has introduced a much-needed bill to protect the attorney-client privilege.
The bill is titled the Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2006 (ACPPA).
The ACPPA would prohibit government lawyers from forcing organizations into:
- Disclosing information protected by the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine;
- Refusing to contribute to the legal defense of an employee;
- Refusing to enter into a joint defense strategy with an employee;
- Refusing to share relevant information with an employee; and
- Terminating or disciplining an employee.
As for why it's needed:
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Found on one of UMiami Law's very civilized web pages:
"Perhaps the two most valuable and satisfactory products of American civilization are the librarian on the one hand and the cocktail in the other."
– Louis Stanley Jast, Librarian
(I hope no one on the Board of Trustees reads my blog. They have enacted all sorts of rules about when University funds cannot be spent on Intoxicating Liquors and the like. Perhaps books are next?)


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The World's Largest Biceps, which reside on the arms of a 24-year-old cashier at a gas station on Route 9 in Southborough, look like a cinderblock shoved into a sock the wide way. They measure 31 inches around, and they are still growing. Arnold Schwarzenegger had 22 inches at his peak. Hulk Hogan had 24-inch pythons.
Three weeks ago, Moustafa Ismail and his biceps were flown to Heathrow Airport in London, greeted by a chauffer holding a sign with his name on it, and whisked off to receive one of Earth's strangest honors. The chauffer had been sent by the folks at Guinness, who had chosen Ismail to be one of their signature anomalies, the star of this year's sideshow. He joined previous tallests and oldests and longests and oddests as the extreme human Guinness paraded around London for the launch of their latest book of world records.
Ismail proved to be a worthy choice, because his arms look impossible. It's not just that his biceps and triceps are inhumanly large — the official Guinness measurement includes both muscles — it is that the rest of him is, comparatively, small. His forearms could almost be described as slim.
Courtesy of Guinness, his photo shot around the world in an Internet instant. Overnight, he became a global celebrity. And overnight, he became a target.
"I wish it was just steroids," he said of the accusations being hurled his way. Plenty of people think that, but those who know steroids say even steroids probably could not do the job on their own. What he is being accused of is something he has a hard time pronouncing with his Egyptian accent: synthol.
In short, the bodybuilding community is accusing him of injecting an oil directly into his biceps to make them appear bigger by stretching out the fascia, the connective tissue that surrounds all skeletal muscles.
Ismail adamantly denies the accusations. He says he had never heard of synthol until the attacks came his way. He moved to this country from Egypt four years ago and admits that he took testosterone there because it was over-the-counter and drastically cheaper than supplements. In the United States, the opposite is true, and he says he could not afford steroids even if he wanted them.
"I'm a guy who works in a gas station," he said. "I'm not Bill Gates." His Colombian-American wife would never let him get away with spending their money like that, he said.
Moustafa Ismail did not need a Guinness world record, or the million anonymous accusations, to know people freak out around his arms. "Girls want to touch them and guys want to talk about them," is his favorite description.
Hundreds of strangers have taken his photo over the years. The arms are impossible to miss, and it is almost impossible for him to get a shirt over them, so they are always just out. Even a 3XL short-sleeve shirt requires choreography, experience, and strong pulling. His wedding was delayed for a couple of months because he could not find a suit.
Ismail lives in Franklin and has been working in gas stations around there since he arrived from Egypt. He has been seriously lifting weights since he was 14 and says everyone who works out finds something they like, and what he liked was arm exercises. So he did them every day, sometimes twice a day, with very heavy things.
Until January, he was going to a gas station at 5 a.m., working a full 8-hour shift until 1 p.m., rushing to the gym — all arms, big and heavy and quick – and then going to another gas station at 3 p.m, to work another 8-hour shift. He did this seven days a week, and each day found time to eat four pounds of meat, $30 worth of supplements, and plenty of everything else. He watches TV curled up with a tub of mashed potatoes.
The goal was always to build huge, huge arms. "Not for Guinness," he said. He did it for himself, because he likes how it makes him feel, and he likes what it does to others. "It is a gift to make strangers happy," he said in his way, which is soft and with the tight word choice of aphorisms.
Last year, a friend contacted Guinness on Ismail's behalf, and he later met judges at a hotel, where they took his measurements and lots of photos. They wouldn't tell him what they measured or if he had the record; they just told him to lay low and they would be in touch. A year went by, then he got the call and a few days to pack.
Guinness does not drug-test its record-holders; they record extremes, not judge them, and the world expects them to know who has the biggest biceps, said a spokesman. But the uproar has been so loud since Ismail's photo went viral that Guinness has announced plans to consult with medical specialists and review the biceps category. (Biceps is a bit of a misnomer, because the Guinness measurement is taken with a tape wrapped around the entire flexed arm; nearly half of Ismail's girth is in his triceps.)
The accusations have hurt Ismail. He is distraught people would think he cheated to get his arms. To prove his point, he showed the Globe exactly where he got his arms: the World Gym in Milford.
There is no denying that Ismail is strong. He spends most of his time in the corner with the biggest dumbbells. When he uses a machine, he starts with the pin down on one of the bottom weights and quickly runs out of them. He is 5 feet 11 inches tall, 270 pounds, and says he has curled 400 pounds and bench-pressed 500. He spends most of his time in the gym moving giant plates onto bars until they're full.
"That [synthol] stuff causes nerve damage, and you walk around shaking like an old car. You couldn't lift this," he said as 300 pounds flew into the air on his seventh set on a lat pull-down machine.
He has cut back to just one gas station job because his wife found work at the Calphalon store at the Wrentham Outlets, so he has had more time to work on his arms. In the 12 months since Guinness measured him for the world record, he has added 5 more inches. (His record in the 2013 book of records is just 26 inches.)
"He works hard; you've got to give him that," said Pat Forbes, an assistant manager at the gym. "In the past year, his arms have ballooned."
He is, by all accounts, a gentle giant who plays his role well. He will let you touch his biceps. He will put you up on his shoulders for a picture. He will answer your questions. "Are they real?" is a daily question. And there has always been a certain type of guy who wants to pick a fight. "They want to show off that they can deal with a guy like you," he said. "I just say OK."
As he sat for a steak-and-shrimp lunch in an Applebee's near the gym, he was approached by several patrons and the waitress went on and on about his arms every time she came near the table. This is what it is always like, he said, but it has been magnified since he became the Guinnes poster boy. Forty kids from Gordon College recently tracked him down at the gas station to pose for photos. The attention, he admits, is his motivation. For all the ups and down, he says he has never looked down at his muscles and wished they were not there.
And now those muscles are in "the book." Ismail says this a lot: He is extremely proud to be a Guinness record holder. He grew up looking at that book, connecting through it to the world's extremes.
And being in that book allows him to finally answer the one question everyone has always asked him: Yes, they are the largest biceps in the world.
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November 16, 2012 Dance of death in Vidarbha Pavan Dahat,The Hindu
The Hindu Parents of Vishal Jadhav, who committed suicide in September. Photo: Pavan Dahat
Pokhari village in Maharashtra's Buldhana district continues to reel under a spate of farmer suicides. From 1998 till now, nothing seems to have changed A phone call informing him about the twin suicides of his father and older brother changed 23-year-old Sunil Wagh's life forever. On September 28, his father Shivaji, 55, and brother Baliram, 28, hung themselves, Shivaji at his farm and Baliram at his home in Pokhari village in Buldhana district.
Twelve farmers have committed suicide in this village since over a decade and three in the last six months. When Sunil reached home, he found all the villagers gathered there. With the burden of running his household creeping on him, Sunil consoled his mother and 18-year-old sister Pallavi. His brother Baliram had locked the house from inside before hanging himself. "I didn't know what to do," says Sunil. His uncle, Dagdu Wagh says, "Shivaji had sold one acre from his five acres last year to get money for Pallavi's admission in a CBSE pattern school in Buldhana". In the rest of the five acres he was cultivating soyabean but was not able to get any profit. Sometimes even the input cost couldn't be recovered." "My father never had a dispute with anyone in the village. He was an introvert but never showed his frustration to us," says Pallavi, who studies in Class 12 in a school in Buldhana and aims to be a doctor. "On the day of his suicide he looked at me, smiling for some time before leaving home," says Shivaji's wife, Shobha. Shivaji had hung himself from the ceiling of a shed in his farm. Baliram had suffered a handicap in one hand but he used to assist his father in his farm work. "Baliram did say some times that he felt bad about his inability to contribute to the family income but my father never let him feel that way," says Sunil.
The Wagh family has a history of suicide. Shivaji Wagh's younger brother Pralhad committed suicide in 2000. After three years, another brother Narayan Wagh killed himself. Sunil's cousin Kailas Wagh hanged himself in March this year just a day before his marriage. Dattu Tekade, neighbour of the Wagh family says, "Kailas was not able to fulfil his family's basic needs with whatever he was getting from his three acres." After Kailas Wagh's suicide, the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghtana (SSS) and the then Tehsildar of Buldhana Rural, Suresh Bagale had adopted this village.
Twenty days before Shivaji and Baliram ended their lives, Vishal Bhagwan Jadhav, a 24-year-old Dalit farmer in Pokhari, consumed pesticide in his field. Father of two-year-old Salony, Vishal Wagh had sold one acre of his six acres to buy a Mahindra tractor. "Vishal was under a lot of pressure because he was getting constant reminders from Mahindra Company for defaulting on instalments and the dealer had also confiscated his tractor trolley," says Vishal's father Bhagwan Jadhav. "Vishal was popular but a few days before his death he used to curse himself for deciding to stay in the village and making farming as his livelihood," says Dagadu Wagh. "But he never showed his frustration to me or his wife," says Vishal's mother Kantabai. Pokhari witnessed a farmer's suicide for the first time in 1998 when Baban Sitaram Ekade killed himself. Since 1998, apart from five suicides in the Wagh family, Bharat Deosingh Ekade, Sanjay Kisan Ekade (cousin of Deputy Sarpanch Pandurang Ekade), Vikram Anandrao Pawar, Kisan Ganpat Ekade, Sanjay Tulasiram Ekade, apart from Vishal Jadhav, have killed themselves.
According to Deputy Sarpanch Pandhurang Ekade, out of 12 suicides, 10 farmers were below the age of 40 years and none of them had any addictions. "Fifteen farmers attempted suicide in all these years but we were able to save them in time," he adds. When asked about the reason of these suicides, Gajanan Amadabadkar, a leader of the SSS, says, "It's simple. The farmers have not been able to recover the production cost of what they are cultivating. Most of the farmers of Pokhari cultivate soyabean. Still you can see such high number of suicides. Conditions would have been worse had they been growing Bt cotton."
Ravikant Tupkar, president of the Youth wing of the SSS, says, "We did adopt the village but there have been more suicides after that. It's a cycle of suicide and we will now focus on the young men from Pokhari. It's a long process. We have to tell them that suicide is not the solution."


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Farm Real Estate Photography in Longmont CO
Farm Real Estate Photography in Longmont CO
The Following is a list of suggestions to you Prepare for your Professional Farm Real Estate Photography in Longmont CO :
– All lights on, overheads and especially all lamps, including exterior lights on garage and porch.
– All blinds up (unless these is something you don't want visible through the window)
– No garbage cans in any room should visible
– Nothing in the kitchen sink (hide sponges, drying racks, scrubbers, etc.)
– All magnets and photos off the refrigerator
– Minimize/hide personal photos in frames on table tops
– No dog or cat bowls (or dog beds/crates)
– It is best if pets are taken for a walk, or crated
– All toilet lids down
– Hide toys or at least minimize them
– Hide tissue boxes unless they are housed in something decorative
– Bathroom Towels hung neatly or removed
– In bathrooms, hide toothbrushes, razors, anything personal or anything not decorative
– Nightstands, as few things as possible (I will not open drawers to hide things in the bedroom)
– We do not shoot inside closets, unless it is very neat designer/walk-in closet, If not use the closet to hide things. Exterior:
– No cars in the driveway, garage door closed
– We do not shoot inside the garage, unless it is very neat, If not this is another place to hide items
– Hoses rolled up neatly, or even better, gone
– Exterior garbage cans out of view or at least out of front shot
– Security yard signs, such as ADT and Realtor yard signs temporarily removed if possible.
– Remove anything that looks seasonal, such as Xmas wreaths, pumpkins, etc.
Less is More, not just for clutter, but for people. We shoot in multiple exposures((HDR), and Panoramic 360's, so the fewer people around, the better. If possible, treat this Farm Real Estate Photography in Longmont CO the same as a showing, and have the sellers take an hour in a coffee shop or visit a neighbor. The goal is to make your home show beautifully online and sell quickly!
NOTE: The photographer should not: Move furniture, Clean or dust, Move garbage, Pick up/move clutter (toys, dirty dishes, dog toys, etc.)
The home MUST be ready for the photographer when he/she arrives to your home in Longmont CO .


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Carlsson Aigner CK65 "Eau Rouge"
Mercedes-Benz tuning specialists Carlsson have joined forces with inter¬national leather-lifestyle brand Etienne Aigner to develop the Carlsson Aigner CK65 "Eau Rouge". Made in an exclusive small series, the luxury coupé based on the Mercedes-Benz CL produces over 700 bhp and 1,100 Nm after being breathed on by Carlsson.
Technical masterwork
The engine conversion by Carlsson includes a special electronic control unit with special maps for injection and ignition. On the intake side, sports air filters ensure optimum aspiration. On the outlet side, a stainless-steel sports exhaust system with high-performance metal catalytic converters and sports silencers cut back-pressure to a minimum. Another measure to boost engine performance is improved intercooling, which reduces charge-air temperature. Thus, the V12 is always raring to go and the driver can rely on having more than adequate power on hand regardless of the situation.
Elegant and with an unsurpassed finish, the Carlsson Aigner CK65 is undoubtedly the most exciting way to travel today. For example, the Carlsson Aigner CK65 "Eau Rouge" is not only very fast – its top speed is electronically regulated for safety reasons to 320 km/h – but also leaves almost every sports car of the world standing with a 0-100 km/h time of just 3.9 seconds.
Named after one of the most famous race-track curves
With the Carlsson Aigner CK65 "Eau Rouge", Carlsson has also created a link to the world of motor racing. The car is named after one of the most famous race-track curves, the Eau Rouge in Spa Francorchamps.
An interior with the leather fragrance of Etienne Aigner
Etienne Aigner has agreed to provide the interior appointments for the Carlsson Aigner CK65 "Eau Rouge". A combination of the renowned Aigner leather and Aigner Alcantara make getting into and sitting in the car a delight. The redesigned interior is characterised by craftsmanship of the highest standard. With the ergonomically designed sports steering wheel in leather and Alcantara or leather and wood, keeping the Carlsson Aigner under control is a particularly pleasant tactile experience. Carlsson aluminium pedals and illuminated sill embellishers point the way to a world of sporting luxury.
Stainless-steel rear silencers: a sonorous note and improved flexibility
The Carlsson sports exhaust system not only produces a particularly powerful sound but also frees up more power. The rear view of the Carlsson Aigner CK65 is dominated by four tailpipes in that typical Carlsson look, which impress through a sonorous, sporting note. Compared to the standard product, the Carlsson system is characterised by less back-pressure and an optimised pipe run. The result: more torque and a higher output.
Ultra-lightweight forged wheels for greater ride comfort
Compared to the standard cast wheels, the Carlsson Ultra Light aluminium wheels weigh around 50 % less. Thanks to this reduction in mass, they tend to tramp less than cast wheels (lower unsprung weight) and thus provide optimum contact with the road. For the driver, this means improved handling and, therefore, higher driving safety and greater ride comfort. The Carlsson Aigner CK65 "Eau Rouge" rolls on 2/11 Ultra Light forged wheels with the dimensions 9 x 21″ with Dunlop SP Sport Maxx 265/30 ZR 21 tyres at the front and 10.5 x 21″ with Dunlop SP Sport Maxx 295/35 ZR21 at the rear.
Carlsson aerodynamic parts made of real carbon fibre
The new Carlsson aerodynamic kit underscores the elegant lines of the standard model. However, the Carlsson Aigner CK65 is distinguished by an independent appearance – both outside and inside. The front spoiler and rear-apron lip are finished in the diffuser look typical of Carlsson while the striking rear spoiler not only looks good but also improves the handling of the luxury coupé at high speeds. Carlsson's exclusive aerodynamic components are made of high-grade, ultra-lightweight real carbon fibre as used in Formula 1 racing.
Electronic C-Tronic® SUSPENSION lowering kit
Exclusively for the Carlsson Aigner CK65, Carlsson offers the electronic C-Tronic® SUSPENSION lowering kit, which reduces the ride height by approx. 30 mm. The driver can be assured that lowering the car gives it a significantly more sporting appearance. However, Carlsson's C-Tronic® SUSPENSION not only lowers the car but also, thanks to the sophisticated technology, interacts intelligently with the road conditions. On poor surfaces with significant suspension jouncing, the vehicle height is automatically adjusted to ensure sufficient suspension travel for constant ride comfort. For the driver, the effect of the lower ride height is noticeable through a reduction in body roll and considerably more agile handling. In a nutshell: the C-Tronic® SUSPENSION also stands for greater driving pleasure.
Moreover, the C-Tronic® SUSPENSION also ensures that, in the case of speeds in excess of 120 km/h, the car is not lowered further than the maximum permitted for a standard car. In other words, so that it never drops below the minimum ride height thus ensuring adequate suspension travel at all times. Incidentally, lowering the car reduces aerodynamic drag and cuts lift by decreasing the amount of air that can flow beneath the vehicle.
Unlimited individuality
The Carlsson Aigner CK65 "Eau Rouge" is available in a variety of two-tone finishes. The exclusive small series is limited to ten cars, all fully equipped with Distronic, navigation system, hifi system, Aigner full-leather appointments, two-piece 21″ aluminium wheels, Carlsson carbon-fibre aerodynamic parts, C-Tronic® SUSPENSION, engine conversion and other extras. The gross price in Germany is € 365,000 in Germany and € 305,000 for export.
The Carlsson Aigner CK65 "Eau Rouge" can be ordered from any Carlsson dealer. According to Carlsson, options have already been taken out by customers in Russia, Japan and the USA.


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A former Penn State University fraternity brother on Wednesday entered the first guilty plea in the death of a pledge who was fatally injured after a night of heavy drinking and hazing.
Ryan Burke, 21, of Scranton, pleaded guilty Wednesday to all nine remaining charges he faced, including four misdemeanors alleging hazing. Other charges were previously dismissed or withdrawn.
"There are too few words to describe a loss so great. This young man understands that," Burke's attorney, Philip Masorti, said outside the courthouse, putting his hand on Burke's shoulder. "This is a tragedy, and he is anxious to make amends."
Engineering student Tim Piazza, 19, of Lebanon, New Jersey, drank a dangerous amount of alcohol and suffered fatal head and abdominal injuries in a series of falls during a bid acceptance ceremony and party last year. Members of the fraternity took half-hearted and even counterproductive steps to address his condition.
Burke was accused of giving Piazza a bottle of vodka at the party. He'll be sentenced July 31.
"We are pleased to see one individual accept responsibility and encourage others to follow in his steps," said Tom Kline, attorney for Piazza's parents.
Twenty-five other defendants still face charges. A magistrate has previously thrown out the most serious charges — involuntary manslaughter — against five defendants.


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Russian rabbi, and founder of the "Mizraḥi," or Orthodox, branch of the Zionist organization; a descendant of Saul Wahl; born in Karlin, government of Minsk, Oct. 27, 1839. His father, a native of Wilna, who lived several years in Palestine before Isaac was born, gave his son a thorough rabbinical education. Isaac made rapid progress in his Talmudical studies, and devoted part of his time to the study of Hebrew works on logic and mathematics. He read also the medieval Jewish philosophers and acquired the Russian and German languages—an uncommon accomplishment among Russian rabbis of the older generation.
In 1855 young Reines went to the yeshibah of Volozhin, where he remained about two years. After spending some time in Eisheshok he returned home (1857). In 1859 he married the daughter of Joseph Reisen, rabbi of Hordok, settled there, and continued his studies under the roof of his father-in-law; and when Reisen became rabbi of Telsh (1862) Reines removed with him to that city. In 1867 Reines became rabbi of Shukian, and in 1869 he was chosen rabbi of the more important town of Shwentsian, in the government of Wilna, where he remained for about sixteen years.
His "Ḥotem Toknit."Reines began to attract attention when he developed in his "Ḥotem Toknit" (Mayence, 1880; vol. ii., Presburg, 1881) a new plan for a modernized, logical method of studying the Talmud. Some of the ultra-Orthodox condemned his plan as a radical innovation, and only his great learning and piety saved him from being openly charged with heresy. He was one of the rabbis and representative Jews who assembled in St. Petersburg in 1882 to consider plans for the improvement of the moral and material condition of the Jews of Russia, and there he proposed the substitution of his method for the one prevalent in the yeshibot. His proposition being rejected, he founded a new yeshibah in which his plans were to be carried out. It provided a ten years' course, during which the student was to acquire the rabbinical knowledge necessary for ordination as rabbi, and at the same time secure the secular education required in a government rabbi. But although the plan to supply Russian-speaking rabbis agreed in principle with the aims of the Russian government, there was so much Jewish opposition to his yeshibah that it was closed by the authorities after an existence of four years; all further attempts of Reines to reestablish it failed.
In 1885 Reines became rabbi of Lida, government of Wilna, of which rabbinate he is still the incumbent (1905). His next undertaking was the establishment of a system popularly known as that of the Kovno'er Perushim, for the purpose of subsidizing young married men ("perushim") studying for the rabbinate outside of yeshibot (see Blaser, Isaac b. Solomon; "Oẓar ha-Sifrut," iii. 21). Later he joined the Zionist movement, and when, after the fifth Zionist congress, the Swiss and other students formed a radical faction and threatened to turn the movement in a direction which would lead away from religion, Reines founded the Mizraḥi branch, now probably the strongest branch of the Zionist organization in Russia. His personal influence helped to give the support of that powerful Orthodox body to the regular Zionist organization on the question of the East-African or Uganda project.
Besides the above-mentioned work Reines published: notes on the "'Edut bi-Yehosef" of his father-in-law (Wilna, 1866); "'Edut be-Ya'aḳob," on testimony (ib. 1872); "Sha'are Orah," on Haggadah and Midrash (ib. 1886); "Orim Gedolim," on Halakah (ib. 1887); "Nod shel Dema'ot," eulogies or funeral sermons (ib. 1891); "Or Shib'at ha-Yamim" (ib. 1896); "Orah we-Simḥah" (with a preface explaining Zionism from the Orthodox point of view; ib. 1898); "Or Ḥadash 'al Ẓiyyon," a refutation of the arguments which are advanced by the ultra-Orthodox against Zionism (ib. 1902).
- Berdyezewski, in Oẓar ha-Sifrut, ii. 228-234;
- Rubinstein, in Jewish Morning Journal, Feb. 4 and 5, 1904;
- Sokolov, Sefer Zikkaron, pp. 108-109, Warsaw, 1890;
- Zeitlin, Bibl. Post-Mendels. p. 304.


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Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp., the two companies that pioneered mass production and lean manufacturing, are each celebrating important milestones this year. Ford is marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henry Ford and the 100th anniversary of the assembly line. Meanwhile, Toyota is celebrating its 75th anniversary and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Eiji Toyoda, the former president and chairman of the automaker who spearheaded its global expansion efforts in the 1970s and 1980s.
In their early days, both Ford and Toyota used innovation to achieve production breakthroughs that quickly propelled them to success—the moving assembly line and just-in-time manufacturing.
Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863, on a farm in Dearborn, MI. As most people know, Ford's big contribution was the moving assembly line (contrary to popular belief, he did not invent it—Ford merely assembled a team of engineers who collaborated on the project).
The first moving assembly line for a large-scale manufacturing application began to operate on April 1, 1913, at Ford's Highland Park, MI, plant, which was producing the Model T. The manually operated assembly line was used to produce flywheel magnetos (a key component of the Model T's electrical system).
A group of 29 operators pushed flywheels down a waist-high table constructed out of metal pipe frame and angle iron. As each flywheel was pushed from right to left, the assemblers attached and tightened various components. They reached into bins positioned underneath the line and grabbed V-shaped magnets, screws, nuts, washers, bolts and other parts. Fasteners were tightened with power-driven socket wrenches.
The new assembly process dramatically increased productivity. For instance, production time per flywheel was reduced from 20 minutes to 13 minutes. Soon after the manual line proved to be successful, Ford engineers developed a motorized version to increase throughput rates. Within a year, 14 assemblers were producing a flywheel every 5 minutes.
Four months later, Ford engineers created a crude assembly line in which a chassis was pulled 250 feet by rope and a hand-cranked windlass. Over the next four months, they experimented with the line and made numerous changes in speed, workstation positions and the number of assemblers. On Jan. 14, 1914, the assembly line became power-driven when Sorensen added an "endless chain" powered by a motor.
I have written several articles about this historical event in the past (see "The Man Behind the Moving Assembly Line" and "The Model T Turns 100"). And, we will be publishing a new article on the origins of Ford's assembly line in the October issue of ASSEMBLY.
The innovation that transformed Toyota was just-in-time production—one of the core elements of the Toyota Production System. Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Motor Corp., proposed the concept when production of the Model AA sedan ramped up at the company's first assembly plant in Koromo, Japan (today's Toyota City) in 1938.
"I believe that the most important thing is to ensure that there is neither shortage nor excess," said Toyoda, who had experimented with Ford's concept of using chain-driven conveyors a decade earlier while serving as chief engineer and managing director of the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works. "That is, to ensure that there is no excess labor and time for the designated production. There is no waste and there is no excess. It means not having to wait for parts to be circulated around. It is important that each part be ready just in time. This is the first principle of increasing efficiency."
"What Kiichiro had in mind was to produce the needed quantity of the required parts each day," recalled Eiji Toyoda (Kiichiro's cousin) in 1988. "To make this a reality, every single step of the operation, like it or not, had to be converted over to his flow production system. Kiichiro referred to this as the just-in-time concept. By this he meant 'just make what is needed in time, but don't make too much.'"
However, the just-in-time concept was not fully realized at Toyota until 1954, when the supermarket supply method—the idea of having subsequent processes take what they need from the earlier processes—was developed. The kanban system was created as a tool for carrying this out. After a decade of development in other Toyota plants, company-wide adoption of the kanban system occurred in 1963.
Which innovation has had a bigger impact on the auto industry—the moving assembly line or just-in-time production?


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Tartaric Acid
The Role of Tartaric Acid in Wine and Winemaking
Tartaric Acid is unique in that it is not found in most fruit, but is the primary acid component in grapes. It is one of the strongest acids in wine and controls the acidity of a wine. The mechanism behind this is complicated, and is associated with the degree to which it is able to resist the buffering activity of other acids.
Tartaric acid deceases as grapes are allowed to hang on the vine and mature. Very ripe wines do not have a lot of tartaric acid. The reason behind this lies in the metabolic processes of the vine. In hotter climates, vines use tartaric acid for respiration, decreasing the total acidity in the grapes. However, the decrease in tartaric acid is not as profound as the decrease in malic acid through the same process. This is one of the mechanisms that winemakers use to control the acid content in their wine.
The total acidity in a wine is measured by the amount of Tartaric Acid present. Tartaric Acid plays a critical role in the taste, feel and color of a wine. But even more important, it lowers the pH enough to kill undesirable bacteria, acting as a preservative.
The influence of tartaric acid on the taste and feel of a wine is primarily through its impact on acidity. It contributes to the "tartness" of a wine, but not as much as malic and citric acid. Winemakers will adjust acidity by adding tartaric acid to the wine.
Tartaric Acid often crystallizes on the cork, yielding "wine diamonds." They are called tartrates and are harmless. Many people mistake tartrate crystals as a sign of a bad wine. However, this is not the case, and the formation of tartates is a naturally occurring process. Many winemakers will prevent this formation through cold stabilization.
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Can there be Life in the Environment of Europa?
At first glance Europa may seem unfriendly to life as we know it on earth.Like other icy moons, Europa is small, with no air to breathe, with direct exposure to space and the charged particle environment of Jupiter's magnetosphere. On the surface, the temperature is very very cold.
Nevertheless, the interior of Europa may have been warm enough at one time to contain a liquid layer just under the surface. On Earth, we know that there are some creatures which can survive in an environment of very cold water, such as under the ice of the north pole.
This means that, if the conditions are just right, there may be living creatures on Europa under the icy surface!


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Donald Trump's Scottish golf course cost $150 million to create
Its creation was hugely unpopular with locals and environmental groups
Golf World magazine has already ranked the course as the eighth best in Britain
It opens to the public this Sunday and green fees will be same as a round at St. Andrews
After seven years of planning and construction costing over $150 million, Donald Trump's dream to open a golf course in Scotland was finally realized on Tuesday.
The U.S.-based billionaire hit the ceremonial first tee shot at Trump International Golf Links, having weathered a storm of controversy involving environmentalists, local residents and politicians.
"It's been worth it," he told CNN during his rain and wind-swept round at the venue. "This is truly the greatest golf course anywhere in the world. Everybody knows it. Most people are saying it and most of the golf people are saying it, most importantly."
Trump welcomed guests from the European Tour and the Ryder Cup organizing committee, and told them: "There's really nothing like it."
Set on the east coast of Scotland, eight miles north of the city of Aberdeen, the course occupies part of the private Menie Estate, bought by Trump in 2006.
The opening of the championship course is the first step towards the American tycoon's goal of creating a resort featuring a second golf course, a hotel, luxury holiday homes and a residential village.
Trump expects the total bill for the development to exceed a billion dollars, although the next stage of building is currently on hold while he contests plans to build an offshore wind farm nearby.
Rarely has a new golf course had such criticism and hype. Accusations of bullying from local residents and objections from environmental groups were documented in the movie "You've Been Trumped," while sport writers have been thrilled at every new photo revealing the dramatic holes.
The sheer amount of money pumped into the project enabled English golf architect Martin Hawtree to manipulate the land on an unprecedented scale.
"This is one of the most extraordinary golf links sites you have seen or will ever see," Hawtree said at the opening ceremony. "There is no doubt in my mind it will be in the top three in the world. I just don't know who'll be number two or three!"
Before the opening, Golf World magazine announced that the course has gone straight into its UK course rankings at number eight, ahead of several British Open venues including Royal Lytham & St. Annes, which will host the golf season's third major tournament next week.
Trump's ultimate goal is to bring a major tournament to his latest course, and the European Tour chief executive George O'Grady hinted that it may not be far away.
"Great courses need great tournaments," said O'Grady, "We will work with Mr. Trump to bring the right event here."
Sandy Jones of the Great Britain and Ireland Professional Golfers' Association made the only reference to the saga of controversy and criticism around the course's planning:
"Golf is a responsible business. It embraces the environment. I wish the environmentalists would embrace golf," he said.
On the course, Trump was joined by one of the European Tour's most successful players, Colin Montgomerie, who described the course as "dramatic and spectacular."
On the question of whether Trump International will ever host the British Open or a Ryder Cup event, the Scottish golfer was optimistic.
"There's no doubt that tournament golf will come here," the 49-year-old former European Ryder Cup captain said.
"It's a fantastic opportunity for people locally, nationally and internationally to come to this area."
Trump championed his Scottish family ties throughout the planning process, and continued the theme at the opening ceremony as he gave out whiskey and shortbread to invited guests.
The tale of how an American billionaire's dream became reality across the pond has made Trump International Golf Links one of the hottest tickets of the summer, with tee times already in short supply.
The course opens to the public on Sunday, with green fees costing $310 on a weekend or $233 on a weekday, the same price as the summer rate on the prestigious Old Course at St. Andrews, known as "the home of golf."


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The death of a runner in a half-marathon in San Francisco this weekend has prompted city officials to investigate whether race organizers provided sufficient medical resources for the event.
Peter Hass, 36, of Orinda, died in Golden Gate Park near the finish line of the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon on Sunday morning, according to the medical examiner's office.
Hass was pronounced dead near 47th Avenue and John F. Kennedy Drive at about 10:15 a.m. after collapsing near the 13.1-mile mark.
An autopsy was performed but his cause of death won't be determined until further testing is completed by the medical examiner's office.
Rob Dudgeon, deputy director of the city's Office of Emergency Services, said RhodyCo Productions, the organizer of the race, submitted an emergency plan for the event and "had medical assets in place…but it's apparent that those assets were insufficient."
The company released a statement saying that "while there were reports of a lack of qualified medical personnel at the finish, this is not true."
The statement said the company had hired a private ambulance for the event, and had two tents staffed by qualified medical personnel near the finish line.
However, San Francisco fire Lt. Mindy Talmadge said "there was nobody from their medical team or whoever they had there that was ever on scene at that incident."
The private ambulance had been called away to a runner in distress elsewhere along the course at the time of Hass' collapse, the company's statement said.
Hass ended up being treated primarily by other runners and bystanders, including three members of the fire department who happened to be participating in the race, Talmadge said.
Medics from the fire department eventually arrived on scene, but it took them 22 minutes to get there because three different locations were given by people calling 911, including an initial caller who said the incident was at the other end of Golden Gate Park, Talmadge said.
"Certainly the person who called it in was well-intentioned, but the bottom line is our response is only as good as the information we're given," she said.
The Office of Emergency Services is investigating the incident to "find out what happened and why it happened, to look at the policies and procedures to make sure it never happens again," Dudgeon said.
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There was a time when mines and minecarts dominated video games. If a platformer or RPG didn't have a mine stage or a mine-themed dungeon, it wasn't a game. We felt like mines — where actual mining was eschewed in favour of racing around on minecarts — were the most natural things in the world, just as common as forests.
Oh. You want to go from Town A to Town B? No problem at all, but the only way to do that is by crossing that giant abandoned mine complex in four minutes.
Various Mine Cart Stages In Donkey Kong Country And Donkey Kong Country Returns
Source: Donkey Kong Wiki
The Rollercoaster Version Called Rickety Race In Donkey Kong Country 2
Source: Donkey Kong Wiki
The Lost Labyrinth In Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode I
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LEGO Indiana Jones
Source: LucasArts
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Source: Bablo's TAS Walkthrough
Glitter Gulch Mine In Banjo-Tooie
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Gaptooth Breach In Red Dead Redemption
Source: Rockstar
The Coal Mines In Super Mario RPG
Source: MrGamingZone
The Lake Cave In Dragon Quest V
Source: William Schram's LP
Croc 2
Source: Forrest Canton's LP
Riding The Mine Cart In Resident Evil 4
Source: Dario8676's LP
Temple Run 2 Proves That Minecart Sections And Stages Are Still Among Us
Source: Google Play
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Outsourcing of biopharmaceutical manufacturing has been growing for several years, to the point where contract manufacturing has become a common strategic decision for developers, extending beyond simple non-core activities and into more high-value, technical ones that leverage offerings from contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) that some developers do not have in-house.
BioPlan Associates has been keeping track of outsourcing trends over the past decade now through an annual survey of the industry. Taking a look at some multi-year trends revealed in thelatest study – 10th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Capacity and Production [1] – offers some insight into what the industry might expect on the outsourcing front this year.
Budgets for Outsourcing Set to Increase Again
The healthcare sector has traditionally been fairly insulated from adverse financial events, and last year, evidence showed that the state of the biopharmaceutical manufacturing market continued to improve. This has resulted in a comparatively quick rise in budgets in the post-recession years, particularly in areas that improve performance for manufacturing activities and other areas involving productivity and cost-savings.
While budgets for outsourcing have tended to show smaller shifts over the years than budgets for other areas such as process development, new technologies and capital equipment, studies show that funding for outsourcing projects is beginning to pick up steam after some tightening during the recent recession.
As might have been expected, budgets for outsourced biopharmaceutical manufacturing were squeezed somewhat during 2009 and 2010, contracting by 1.3% and 1.2%, respectively. Since then, the data have trended more positive, with respondents to studies projecting a marginal decrease of 0.4% in 2012, and a 1.7% increase this past year. The results from 2013 include about 1 in 7 respondents (14.6%) indicating that they would grow their outsourcing budgets by at least 10%.
Barring any significant financial event, it's reasonable to expect that budgets for outsourced manufacturing will expand again this year, perhaps by upwards of 2%. Granted, that's not a fast rate of growth, it's a significant reversal from earlier years and an indicator of more outsourcing to come.
When the question is expanded to outsourcing for R&D or manufacturing, the estimates are more enthusiastic. Indeed, when asked how their spending on outsourcing of R&D or manufacturing would change in the coming 12 months, 44% of respondents indicated that budgets would increase at least to some degree – include about 1 in 6 forecasting an increase of more than 25%. Overall, respondents indicated that, on average, budgets for outsourcing at individual facilities would grow by 10.4% over the next 12 months, up from the 9.3% estimate from a year earlier.
Outsourcing Expectations Likely to Remain Bullish Regarding non-Standard Production Systems
Outsourcing strategies for production by biotherapeutic developers have been almost uniformly on the rise for the past years, and those trends have been most pronounced when looking at systems like plant and insect cell platforms. For example, last year, the data showed that among respondents involved in plant cell systems, just 29% kept all of their manufacturing in-house. The same applied with respect to insect cells: only 38% of respondents involved in these systems claimed to keep all their manufacturing in-house. We note that because there are relatively few biomanufacturers involved in these systems the data can vary quite significantly from year to year. Last year's results may prove to be an outlier, but separate data from our study indicates that this might not be the case. That's because when we asked respondents their expectations regarding future outsourcing, we found a fairly steady trend towards outsourcing in these areas in future years.
The data shows a trend towards increased outsourcing of production in these newer systems. But it's not only those that will be outsourced more: the percentage of respondents keeping their production operations 100% in-house has also shrunk over the years for traditional systems - mammalian cell culture, microbial fermentation, and yeast.
Outsourcing of Analytical Testing Services to Rise
Another trend which seems likely to continue this year is increased outsourcing of testing areas associated with analytical testing. As part of our annual studies, we ask the industry to estimate the approximate percentage of outsourcing done by biomanufacturers today across a variety of activities. This past year, we found that the heaviest area for outsourcing was analytical testing for bioassays – with respondents estimating that they outsource almost one-third (32.3%) of their activities in this area. Next on the list was fill/finish operations (31.8%), followed by toxicity testing (28.5%), and API biologics manufacturing (19%).
What's interesting to see is the growth in some of these top areas in recent years. The 32.3% of analytical testing being outsourced represents not only a step above the 2012 estimate of 27.6%, but a significant distance from the ~19% estimate in 2010 and 2011.
The other big gainer from those top 5 areas is API biologics manufacturing. Just a few short years ago, in 2010, only 7.9% of these operations on average were being outsourced. That figure rose to 13.6% in 2011, before climbing again to 17.4% in 2012 and 19.4% last year. Given the burgeoning market for biosimilars, we would expect increases in this area to continue.
The Outsourcing Market Continue to Globalize
In recent years the outsourcing market has become more internationalized, and with developing countries likely ramping up their internal capacities to meet growing local demand, there's good reason to believe that biomanufacturing hubs will develop in a number of regions around the world. Currently, according to our WIKI resource (www.top1000bio.com) on global biopharmaceutical facilities, traditional hubs in Western Europe and North America together account for nearly two-thirds of global biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity. But other regions are coming on strong: China itself holds an estimated 8.6% of capacity, with India (8.1%) close behind.
Despite anecdotal comments from end-users about liking their CMOs to be local, our studies indicate that clients don't actually put a high value on the proximity to their service suppliers. This apparently is not an important consideration when looking to enter a service contract. In fact, location was the last in a list of 19 factors, at just 7% of biomanufacturers considering this to be a 'very important' factor, down from 10% in 2006. This suggests that the industry is not requiring their service suppliers to be in the vicinity.
Future Outsourcing Trends
In last year's results, we found a contraction in expected, future international outsourcing. When considering their plans over the next 5 years, respondents noted they are expecting less than 10% of operations in all areas (clinical trials, biomanufacturing, process development and others) to be outsourced. That was a significant pull back from expectations in prior years.
Some of this is to be expected, as clients anticipate problems with technology transfer and intellectual property challenges – and with regulatory issues seeming more of a concern this past year. But with that said, clients will likely follow the path that proves most efficient, and organizations outside traditional hubs will grow to provide stiffer competition to the big Western players in the years to come.
1. 10th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Capacity and Production, April 2013, Rockville, MD www.bioplanassociates.com/10th
2. See BioPlan's Top 1000 Global Biopharmaceutical Facilities Index™, http://www.top1000bio.com. Accessed November 27, 2013
About the Author:
Eric S. Langer is president and managing partner at BioPlan Associates, Inc., a biotechnology and life sciences marketing research and publishing firm established in Rockville, MD in 1989. He is editor of numerous studies, including "Biopharmaceutical Technology in China," "Advances in Large-scale Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing", and many other industry reports. [email protected] 301-921-5979. www.bioplanassociates.com
Survey Methodology: The 2013 Tenth Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Capacity and Production yields a composite view and trend analysis from 238 responsible individuals at biopharmaceutical manufacturers and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) in 30 countries. The methodology also included over 158 direct suppliers of materials, services and equipment to this industry. This year's study covers such issues as: new product needs, facility budget changes, current capacity, future capacity constraints, expansions, use of disposables, trends and budgets in disposables, trends in downstream purification, quality management and control, hiring issues, and employment. The quantitative trend analysis provides details and comparisons of production by biotherapeutic developers and CMOs. It also evaluates trends over time, and assesses differences in the world's major markets in the U.S. and Europe.


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Charlotte, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - The Charlotte Bobcats signed center Justin Hamilton to a 10-day contract on Tuesday.
Hamilton joins the Bobcats from the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA D-League.
In 37 games played for the Skyforce this season, the 7-foot Hamilton is averaging 19.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.0 blocks. He has scored in double figures 34 times, including 21 games of 20 points or more and three contests with 30 points or more, and recorded 16 games with double-figure rebounds, tallying 16 double-doubles.
Hamilton was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 45th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft before having his rights traded to the Miami Heat. He spent the 2012-13 season playing internationally, first for KK Cibona in Croatia and later for VEF Riga in Latvia.


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Josh Brolin and Diane Lane -- Divorce Final ... Gimme My Name Back!
Josh Brolin & Diane Lane DIVORCE FINAL Gimme My Name Back!
Josh Brolin and Diane Lane are officially divorced ... this according to court documents obtained by TMZ ... and it's clear, Diane is looking to get her old identity back.
Lane -- who recently appeared in "Man of Steel" -- initially filed the divorce docs back in February, seeking to end the marriage that began in 2004. Lane had cited "irreconcilable differences" for the split.
The docs, filed November 27 in L.A. County Superior Court, show that Diane and Josh have some sort of private financial arrangement ... and she's checked the box to NOT seek spousal support outside of their arrangement.
Diane -- who legally went by Diane Lane Brolin -- also restored her last name to just Diane Lane.
Child support won't be an issue -- 'cause the couple has no children together.
As for Brolin, the "No Country for Old Men" actor is currently in rehab after several drunken incidents last month. He recently told TMZ he's swearing off booze for good.


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Conversation Tips From Charismatic Men
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Many of us struggle when approaching women. Talking to an attractive stranger is never easy. But even when we do work up the courage to talk to a woman, that's still only the first step. If you're hoping to get a phone number or a date, you're going to have to say something more substantial than, "Hello." You're going to have to initiate and maintain a conversation. That's where our conversation tips from charismatic men come in.
By observing the behavior and mannerisms of famously charismatic men, we've identified a number of things you can do to get past "Nice to meet you" and get into an honest-to-goodness conversation.
Take a look at these conversation tips from charismatic men.
Give sincere compliments
Opening with a compliment may seem like a no-brainer. It's probably something you do all the time. But here's the thing: Every guy uses compliments. The key to standing out from the crowd is giving unique and sincere compliments. Also remember that you want to be charming, not slimy — Will Smith is able to walk this line expertly.Avoid giving obvious compliments like "nice eyes." Forget about telling a woman she has "a really pretty smile," as a woman hears that 12 times a day. Instead, try complimenting her on something she said. "That's a really smart point" or "You're really funny" are far more effective compliments.
Know your quotes and anecdotes
It never hurts to be prepared. It's especially useful when you're trying to keep the attention of a beautiful woman. Let a guy like Christopher Hitchens be your guide. One of the world's foremost public intellectuals, Hitchens knows how to spin a yarn.The rest of us can follow suit by having a few excellent stories ready to go at a moment's notice. Think about the stories you tell that always get a laugh. Memorize them and work on your delivery.
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Nod when people are talking
It's an old politician's trick, but it works just as well for us plebeians. Nod when someone is talking to you. It creates an affinity between you and the speaker, and encourages her to keep talking.Have you ever seen Bill Clinton work a room? There may not be a more charismatic politician alive. The man is a master at creating connections with people, and he does it with body language: a firm handshake, a winning smile and a nod of the head.
Avoid hot buttons
Particularly when you first meet someone, stay away from hot-button issues. That advice your mother gave you about avoiding controversial subjects like religion or politics is still good. Don't talk about past relationships either. Be the Ryan Reynolds of conversation. Though Reynolds was recently named the "sexiest men alive," there's very little that's edgy about him. He's likable and charismatic, but decidedly nonconfrontational.Our final conversation tips from charismatic men...


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